Re: DADGAD for Dummies?

Stephen Calder <calder9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I have just been given a guitar. Never played one before beyond
picking out a few tunes (for which an ud is a lot easier, frets
and the guitar's illogical tunings get in the way). It's nothing
particularly special but it sounds okay. As I mostly play Scottish
traditional music (on melody instruments) I figured it would be
useful to know some basic accompaniment stuff. DADGAD seems to be
the way to go for that.

I have quite enough instruments in my life already. This is
just so I can fill in when an accompaniment is needed, for
tunes in the commonest Scottish keys (say, various modes with
2 sharps for starters). What would people here recommend as a
tutorial on very basic modal chord bashing for somebody who has
no intention of ever doing anything else with the instrument?


You can do all that in standard tuning. You'll find the whole process
easier, info more accessible, other musicians who know how to help.

DADGAD is for those who have learned standard tuning and want to try
something different, or for those with enough music theory under their
belt that they can figure out a chord shape if it's not in the book.

Do yourself a favour. Stick with standard tuning for basic chord
accompaniment, at least while starting out.

Gee, you really helped him find what he's after, eh?

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